Talus
BarthHaas describes it as grapefruit, mango, cedar, rose, red currant.
- Smells like
- Grapefruit, Mango, Cedar, Rose, Berry
- Bitterness
- Moderate (6.3–9.5% alpha)
- In the glass
- 48 beers here · Brooks has had 1
- Swap it for
- Luna · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
6.3–9.5% typical 8.6
2 sources, and they disagree, spread of 3.2%
- BarthHaas6.3–9.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Hop Breeding Company8.9–9.5
Beta acid
7.7–10.2% typical 9.1
2 sources, spread of 2.5%
- BarthHaas7.7–10.2Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Hop Breeding Company8.3–10.2
Total oil
1–2.7 mL/100g typical 1.7
2 sources, spread of 1.7 mL/100g
- BarthHaas1–2.7Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Hop Breeding Company1–2.2
Alpha to beta runs about 0.9:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene53.9%
- Humulene32%
- Caryophyllene11.2%
- Geraniol2.2%
- Linalool0.7%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 62.1% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
In 2025: 492 acres in Washington. That's 492 acres.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington | Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — |
| 2017 | — | — |
| 2018 | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — |
| 2022 | 377 | 46 |
| 2023 | 147 | withheld |
| 2024 | 95 | withheld |
| 2025 | 492 | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 48 beers from 9 breweries
Brooks has had one of them · 3.5 average
- Radiance Single Hill Brewing · 3.5
- 8 Deep Aslan Brewing
- B Proud Aslan Brewing
- B Proud Aslan Brewing
- Captain Ron Aslan Brewing
- Earth To Beer Aslan Brewing
- Elevenses Aslan Brewing
- Grizz Rizz Aslan Brewing
- Penumbra Aslan Brewing
- Say It Loud Aslan Brewing
- Yakima Select Aslan Brewing
- Fresh Pow Block 15 Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 45 beers that use Talus with other hops
Counted from the hop lists of every beer in What's in the can: what Pacific Northwest brewers actually put next to Talus.
What to swap it for
Scored on aroma overlap, oil composition and acid chemistry, then nudged up where a brewer has vouched for the swap by hand. An axis we haven't measured earns nothing, so a hop known only by its acid numbers caps out around 30 — the score is how much evidence there is for the swap, not just how close the numbers happen to be. Anything under 50 is a different beer, not a substitution.
Pedigree
Sabro. HBC calls Talus a daughter of Sabro; the male is not published.
Notes on this record
purpose defaulted to dual, unconfirmed -- HBC's page describes it by aroma but doesn't state a role. Pedigree and release year from HBC.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file · where America's hops grow